Intrigued by how Cubist painters incorporated multiple viewpoints of a single subject, you will be creating a photocollage in a Cubist style.
Shooting Directions
1. Compose a photo with a strong center of interest. Since you are taking pictures of a very wide area, you should keep your center of interest very close. Make sure that your center of interest is creative, original, and interesting.
2. If your camera has a Program mode (P) you may use it for this assignment. If you're using a semi-automatic or manual camera remember to use your meter to get the correct exposure on every shot. You must also make sure your camera is correctly focused for each shot.
3. Remember, never to move from your spot until you're done. You may tilt the camera up and down during the shoot, but never change your shooting position.
4. Practice shooting first. The idea behind a Cubist approach is to photograph a large scene by breaking it up into many smaller ones. You must think of your scene as having an invisible grid with overlapping squares placed upon it. Begin shooting with only your waist turned three-quarters to the left. Continue to shoot your first horizontal row of photos, remembering to always overlap the photo you just took, until you reach a position where your waist is turned three-quarters to the right.
5. 5. Begin to shoot the second row of horizontal photos as you did previously, but you must also overlap the top of this row with the bottom of the last row.
6. Continue to shoot the entire scene always overlapping both vertically and horizontally until you complete the scene.
Shooting Directions
1. Compose a photo with a strong center of interest. Since you are taking pictures of a very wide area, you should keep your center of interest very close. Make sure that your center of interest is creative, original, and interesting.
2. If your camera has a Program mode (P) you may use it for this assignment. If you're using a semi-automatic or manual camera remember to use your meter to get the correct exposure on every shot. You must also make sure your camera is correctly focused for each shot.
3. Remember, never to move from your spot until you're done. You may tilt the camera up and down during the shoot, but never change your shooting position.
4. Practice shooting first. The idea behind a Cubist approach is to photograph a large scene by breaking it up into many smaller ones. You must think of your scene as having an invisible grid with overlapping squares placed upon it. Begin shooting with only your waist turned three-quarters to the left. Continue to shoot your first horizontal row of photos, remembering to always overlap the photo you just took, until you reach a position where your waist is turned three-quarters to the right.
5. 5. Begin to shoot the second row of horizontal photos as you did previously, but you must also overlap the top of this row with the bottom of the last row.
6. Continue to shoot the entire scene always overlapping both vertically and horizontally until you complete the scene.